Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 19 Dec 1996

Vol. 473 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Staff.

Ivor Callely

Question:

29 Mr. Callely asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the persons appointed by him or by the Minister(s) of State at his Department as programme managers, advisers, assistants or back-up staff either in his Department or in constituency offices; the annualised remuneration paid to these staff; the names of individuals, groups or companies which have undertaken or have been approved to undertake full-time, parttime or casual consultancies, reviews, examinations or analyses or any public relations service on his behalf or on behalf of the Minister(s) of State at his Department; the actual and estimated cost for 1997 in this regard; the persons, companies, consultants or otherwise he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have appointed to carry out work on behalf of semi-State bodies under the aegis of his Department; the reviews, consultancies or reports which he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have commissioned or are due to commission; and the full costs in respect of all of these matters to his Department. [25095/96]

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Spring)

The personnel and salaries details of the staff in my office and in the offices of the Ministers of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and the office of the Tánaiste are a matter of public record. To assist the Deputy, I would refer him to my reply to Questions Nos. 58, 67 and 69 on 22 October 1996.

The details of consultants paid from the Vote for the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1996 are:

Name	Reason	Cost
		£
Mairead Mullaney	Librarian and Research Services	19,992.00
Noel Dorr	Presidency	43,809.65
Andrew O'Rourke	Presidency	7,163.11
Mahon Hayes	Presidency	14,529.29(Estimated)
Kester Heaslip	Presidency	20,962.97
Hugh Fitzpatrick	Presidency	3,125.32
Price Waterhouse	Project on Performance Appraisal	12,100.00

It is anticipated that Ms Mairead Mullaney will be contracted in 1997 to continue the upgrading of the Department's library facilities at a cost of £23,757. In addition, sanction has been sought from the Department of Finance to retain the services of Mr. Noel Dorr to act as the personal representative of the Tánaiste at the Intergovernmental Conference until the end of Ireland's involvement in the EU Troika next June. The estimated cost of this is £24,070. It is also expected that further expenditure will be incurred in connection with the project on performance appraisal being undertaken by Price Waterhouse. These costs will be met from the provision of £70,000 contained in Subhead A.7 of the Department of Foreign Affairs Vote which is outlined in the abridged version of the Book of Estimates.

The details of consultants used under the Irish Aid Programme paid from the Vote for International Cooperation in 1996 are:

Name	Project	Cost to Date
		£
John Grindle	Zambian Country Review	2,044
	Tanzania Country Review 22/4/96-19/5/96 16/6/96-6/7/96	17,227
Ann Bourke-Garcia	Kilosa Health Visit	9,808
Pat Lavin	Kilosa Primary Education Review	4,137.05
Joe Mullen	Kilosa Review	1,486
Mary Jennings	Briefing Consultancy	109.50
Mary Jennings	Kilosa Rural Infrastructure Review 7/5/96-22/5/96	4,107
	Ethiopia Review	9,000
Tom Dwyer	Interview Board 24/4/96	219
Rural Development Unit UCD — Professor Jim Kinsella and Professor Joe Mannion	Rural Development — Sidama education May 1996	4,261
Bernard Pierce	CAS-Review 4/11/95-18/11/95	2,426
Barry International	Kakumiro/Kigadi Feeder Road, Uganda 3/96-5/96	11,382
Cathy Gaynor	Gender Guidelines Review April 1995	8,777
	Compound Upgrading Zambia 9/96	8,515
	Management Training Course 9/96-12/96	7,864
	TA Briefing Session 25/11/96	73
Philip Ryan	CAS Review 1/12/95-30/4/96	2,293
Brian Lewis	Pemba and Ulanga Review July/August 1995	9,036
Detta Collins	NGO Scheme September 1995	1,825
Manus Coffey	Urban Upgrading Kamanga and Ndeke 11/5/96-16/5/96	1,892
John Shiels	Interview Boards	1,095
Socrates International	Fellowships Programme Review May 1995	6,425
Fiona O'Reilly	Medlab-Zambia 15/7/96-17/8/96	2,657
Ann Murphy	Lusaka City Council 14/8/96-6/9/96	1,949
Dr. Ann Ryan	Lusaka City Council 14/8/96-6/9/96	2,212
Sally Sutton	Interview Board 24/6/96	327

Actual and estimated costs for consultancies are not available for 1997 in respect of the Irish Aid Programme. In addition, reviews, evaluations and reports, which are prepared for the Irish Aid Programme, are carried out by the staff of the audit and evaluation unit of this Department.

The following consultants were engaged by the office of the Tánaiste in 1996:

Name	Reason	Cost
		£
Kieran McKeown	Seminar Report for Working Group on Unemployment — National Anti-Poverty Strategy	3,025.00
Colin Stutt	Implementation of SMI in the Office of the Tánaiste	900.00
Fitzpatrick Assoc. Economic Consultants*	Study on the Social Economy	7,123.87

It is anticipated that the following consultancy costs will arise in 1997:

Name	Reason	Estimated cost
Fitzpatrick Assoc. Economic Consultants*	Study on the Social Economy	7,123.87
Kelleher and Associates	Research relating to Violence against Women	5,000.00

*This consultancy is being financed jointly with the Department of Enterprise and Employment.

There has been no change in the position outlined in my reply to Question No. 44 of 22 May 1996 in relation to the use of any public relations service by the Department of Foreign Affairs or the office of the Tánaiste. No semi-State bodies come under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affiars or the office of the Tánaiste. As the Deputy is aware, the White Paper on Foreign Policy was published this year by the Department of Foreign Affairs. Details of the costs are given in my reply to Question No. 57 of 16 April 1996.

A study was also commissioned and received by the Anglo-Irish and information division at the Department of Foreign Affairs. The study, which was conducted by Professor Richard Sinnott of University College Dublin, was entitled "Choosing an electoral system for elections to an elected body in Northern Ireland". The cost of this study is £1,500.